Palestinian Journalists on Reporting in a War Zone

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Wearing blue vests labeled “Press,” journalists in Gaza risk their lives to document and publicize a war that’s killed more than 28,000 people. At least 85 journalists are among the dead – 78 of whom were Palestinian. Because Israel and Egypt have denied foreign journalists entry into Gaza, the burden of on-the-ground reporting falls predominantly to Palestinian journalists, who work amid airstrikes, intermittent cell and internet service and an abiding fear for the safety of their loved ones. In December, the Committee to Protect Journalists labeled the post-Oct. 7 conflict deadlier for media workers than any full year of conflict, anywhere, since it began keeping track in 1992. We’ll speak with journalists from Gaza about what it means to report, amid trauma and loss, a story they’re part of. Guests: Rushdi Abualouf, Gaza correspondent reporting from Istanbul, BBC Mai Yaghi, correspondent based in Gaza, AFP Adel Zaanoun, bureau chief in Gaza, AFP Youmna ElSayed, English Correspondent in Gaza now speaking from Egypt, Al Jazeera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.6	... From KQBD in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, journalists are often called upon to report on a situation on the ground that they themselves are experiencing or deeply affected by.
1:00.0	For journalists in Gaza, the urgency and risks of doing this are magnified by the intensity of Israel's bombing campaign for Hamas' unprecedented attack on October 7th,
1:10.0	and by the fact that few others can share the burden of bearing witness for the rest of the world.
1:15.2	Israel and Egypt have barred most foreign journalists from the strip.
1:19.2	This hour, we meet journalists on the ground in Gaza and those who were forced to flee,
1:24.4	and hear their stories.
1:26.6	Join us. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:36.1	Journalists have been reporting from Gaza amid intense airstrikes, unpredictable cell or internet
1:41.3	service, scarce food and water, and a constant fear for the safety
1:45.5	of loved ones. And there are too few of them. The Committee to Protect Journalists as at least
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